2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (287+ words) ‘Scaling the Walls’, Gracing the Walls of Channing Peake and Santa Barbara City Hall Galleries, Celebrates the Long-Standing Culture, and New Creations in the Local Mural Field An impressive accounting of the art form was presented by Sullivan Goss last…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (613+ words) Take a Backstage Look Inside Laguna Beach’s ‘Pageant of the Masters,' Where 500 Volunteers Create 'Living' Paintings Onstage Every Summer There’s a legendary courtyard in Laguna Beach where children with faces painted white, in 1920s attire, and Jesus’s apostles chat happily together,…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (517+ words) ‘Cosas de la Vida’ Is a Timely Reflection on the Things of Life Pedro De La Cruz and Olivia Joffrey, two artists with distinct visual languages of their own, come together at Art & Soul gallery to explore what it means…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (143+ words) ‘Beyond the Landscape’ at Santa Barbara’s Art & Soul Gallery on July 21 Best known for his stunning plein air landscapes and his acclaimed Postcards from Santa Barbara series, artist Chris Potter (1975–2024) also painted some abstract works earlier in his career, which…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (128+ words) The 2026 Annual Art Awards Honor Artistic Excellence and Leadership Honoring artistic excellence, raising critical funds, and looking fabulous while doing it, supporters of MCASB gathered at the Museum and Paseo Nuevo Arts Terrace on Sunday, July 12 for the annual Art…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (201+ words) Josephine Tournier Ingram Repurposes Space for Her Art and Community Ingram quickly found herself drawn to stylistic layering and texture in her abstract art. “That style, I don’t know how it came to me. I think somehow also I had…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (486+ words) The Royal Pride Foundation Initiative Gave Students Hands-on Experience in Large-scale Public Art San Marcos High School students recently completed painting a 270-foot mural alongside acclaimed artist Michael Matheson. The project’s goal was to create an image that spread both…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (193+ words) Narratives, or teasing scents thereof, ripple throughout the Architectural Foundation space, but always with a cryptic sense of mystery and unfinished business. It could be said that Woods’s art in this show explores dualities in different ways. In “Primordial Man,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (325+ words) The Santa Barbara Independent Every summer, the Festival of the Arts uses the magic of costume, lighting, set design, live orchestra, and real people to create the effect of a “living” painting in the Irvine Bowl. This year, the theme…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (745+ words) Casa Iglesia Transforms the Former First Christian Church Into One of Downtown Santa Barbara's Most Distinctive Stays Upon approaching the main entrance to Casa Iglesia, a new 37-room hotel at 1915 Chapala Street, one immediately gets the sense that, if the…...